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...Eternity" was a rapper from Jamaica wearing a leopard print sari (imitation) who said that she was game for anything. "The sky's the limit!" Was there any locale that scared her? "No. There's no place on earth I haven't been." On a whim I asked her about her travels to China. "That's the one place I ain't been." Figuring that Eternity was perhaps her showbiz name, I inquired what her parents had called her and was told "Anthony." Closer inspection revealed this to be correct. I bade him good-bye - and wondered if the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Survivor 3': The Hollywood Audition | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...Then Young decided, on a whim, to start listing the bags themselves on eBay. Her good deal and her low overhead meant she could charge less than retail stores, even after shipping costs. Soon she was doing well. Very well. That's when she decided to sell the bubble wrap itself, not just the bags. Young was already buying the stuff for her own packing needs in 750-ft. rolls. She just increased her order. By a lot. And she got a little system going. Since 250-ft. units sold best, every roll that came off the semi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Own Bubble Economy | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

...broadband revolution promised to bring every household fast Internet access along with video-on-demand, interactive TV and the ability to flash Libraries of Congress around the world at whim. Amazingly, the sellers of this dream overlooked the fact that many homes and offices connect to the 21st century fiber network with twisted-pair copper wires--late 19th century tech. These could hardly keep up with the bandwidth demands of the Napster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telecom Stocks: Busted By Broadband | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...supporter of censorship. However, The Crimson is not the government. It does not exist to publish just any student's uninformed and unconstructive opinions at their whim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...think the Treasury Department is like a university in that it is not a place where you bark out orders and expect bureaucrats to fulfill your whim," Waldman says...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Treasury Secretary Had Meteoric Ascent | 1/17/2001 | See Source »

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